Competitive Information for Pupitar [Black/White]
Rock / Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Pupitar? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Pupitar is a notable Rock and Ground-typed Pokemon. Pupitar is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Pupitar is weak to Fighting, Grass, Ground, Ice, Steel, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide / Iron Head
- Superpower
- Outrage
Physical Sweeper Pupitar (Shed Skin)
Pupitar is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Pupitar's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Pupitar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Pupitar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Pupitar has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn. Rock Slide or Iron Head are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pupitar's attack and defense by 1 stage).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Pupitar afterwards).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Pupitar? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head / Double-Edge
- Superpower
Doubles Physical Sweeper Pupitar (Shed Skin)
Pupitar is popular Physical Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Pupitar's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Superpower). Focus Sash helps protect Pupitar from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Pupitar's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Shed Skin, Pupitar has a 33% chance to have its status cured at the end of each turn. Iron Head was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Superpower is a physical 120-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Pupitar's attack and defense by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Pupitar learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Pupitar can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Pupitar
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Assurance + Item: Rocky Helmet
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Pupitar's stats
- Ancient Power
- Curse
- Dragon Dance
- Iron Defense
- Rock Polish
Most notable and possible best moves for Pupitar
- Earthquake
- Protect
- Rest
- Snarl
- Stealth Rock
- Taunt
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Pupitar in Black and White
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